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a) Examine the argument and/or interpretations in the passage. (24)

This concluding passage from A.J Ayers `God ­talk is evidently nonsense' concludes the basis
of his argument that it is obvious to state god talk, like other feelings we have towards
things is meaningless because it needs to have evidence…

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any literal significance, therefore the term God is meaningless. He argues that since the
claims of God's existence cannot be contradicted, is neither true nor false, cannot be valid:
`The notion of a being whose essential attributes are non-empirical is not an intelligible
notion at all'. Religious experience was also…

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There are many points to discover within the ideas expressed in this essay. I think that
religious language can be meaningless in some ways because even though there are some
factors which make it credible, I don't think there is a strong enough argument to prove that
there is a…

Pages in this set

Page 1

a) Examine the argument and/or interpretations in the passage. (24)

This concluding passage from A.J Ayers `God ­talk is evidently nonsense' concludes the basis
of his argument that it is obvious to state god talk, like other feelings we have towards
things is meaningless because it needs to have evidence…

Page 2

any literal significance, therefore the term God is meaningless. He argues that since the
claims of God's existence cannot be contradicted, is neither true nor false, cannot be valid:
`The notion of a being whose essential attributes are non-empirical is not an intelligible
notion at all'. Religious experience was also…

Page 3

There are many points to discover within the ideas expressed in this essay. I think that
religious language can be meaningless in some ways because even though there are some
factors which make it credible, I don't think there is a strong enough argument to prove that
there is a…